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paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
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Scanned below are two pairs of cards (cropped fronts & full backs) I've recently received back from PSA. If you'd like to play "Guess the Grades!!" just cut & paste the completed form (replace the question marks with numbers) into your response. Winner will receive a heartfelt "Attaboy!" and unwavering admiration from the board regarding his grading expertise. Good luck! (One hint: all four cards have different grades, in other words your guesses should be four different numbers!)

Guess the Grades!!

1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA ?
2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA ?

3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA ?
4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA ?


Pair One (fronts):

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Pair One (backs):

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Pair Two (fronts):

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Pair Two (backs):

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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    Very nice cards.
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 9
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9oc
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10
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    fsjeterfsjeter Posts: 1,390
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9

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    StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 8
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7
    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9


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    dgbaseballdgbaseball Posts: 825 ✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7 OC
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8 MC
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9

    Edited. Bench must be a 9 not 8 if each is a different number.
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    envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6
    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9

    I'm tempted to call the Kaline a 7 because of the white line on the bottom (all my 70's that had that were 7's) But then I'd have to drop the Hank down to a 5, but the front looks stronger, the back in the scan looks like the corners are clipped so I'm assuming it's just the scan. That Bench is gorgeous by the way.

    Edited to say: I just noticed fsjeter had the same grades I put. I wasn't trying to copy him. image
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    milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
    Very Nice cards!

    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 6
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 7
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9


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    jayhawkejayhawke Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭
    '71 Mays- PSA 7
    '71 Aaron-PSA 8

    '70 Kaline- PSA 8
    '70 Bench-PSA 9
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    matrixbend247matrixbend247 Posts: 55 ✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 6
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6
    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 7
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 8
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    EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 8oc
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 6
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 7
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9

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    Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    I think I saw that Mays before. Didn't it get a 9 and we were all stratching our heads on that one?
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    And the winner is...no one yet! The best so far is 3/4 correct, but nobody's gone 4-for-4! Keep trying...
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    jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10


    Maybe the grader got laid the night before. image
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    MurphDawgMurphDawg Posts: 272
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 6
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
    How about....
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 5
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 6
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 8

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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10
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    dgbaseballdgbaseball Posts: 825 ✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7 OC
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10
    ·p_A·
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    lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    ) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10

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    tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 10
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7 OC
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 7
    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8 MC
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    I am editing as see it does clearly state all cards have different "numbers" not just different grades.
    Very nice cards.
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 9 (change to 8)
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8 (change to 7)

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9oc
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I am editing as see it does clearly state all cards have different "numbers" not just different grades.
    >>



    me too.. im unobservant and didnt notice the hint..

    my new grades are :

    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 10
    ·p_A·
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    And the winner is...still nobody! No one is 4/4 yet! Here's another couple of hints: no qualifiers and the four assigned grades are consecutive numbers (though that's not to say that the right answer is four numbers in a row -- just that the four grades can be arranged as consecutive numbers! Clear as mud?)

    Keep guessing!
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    packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    7,6,8,9
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    8,7,9,10
    ·p_A·
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    MeferMefer Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭
    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 8

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 8
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 9
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    AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    6,7,9,8
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    I thought this was going to be tough because I chose these four cards to make a point. OK, here's the final hint: one's a PSA 6, one's a PSA 7, one's a PSA 8 and one is a PSA 9 -- now who's going to put them in the correct order!

    Allen -- Close, but no cigar...
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I thought this was going to be tough because I chose these four cards to make a point. OK, here's the final hint: one's a PSA 6, one's a PSA 7, one's a PSA 8 and one is a PSA 9 -- now who's going to put them in the correct order!

    Allen -- Close, but no cigar... >>



    1) 1971 Topps #600 Willie Mays PSA 7
    2) 1971 Topps #400 Hank Aaron PSA 6

    3) 1970 Topps #640 Al Kaline PSA 9
    4) 1970 Topps #660 Johnny Bench PSA 8
    ·p_A·
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    AND WE HAVE A WINNER! -- "Attaboy" pandrews! Here they are, uncropped:

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    Like most of you, I thought the first card (on the left) was the weaker of the pair and I expected the Mays to be a 6, the Aaron a 7 (with a shot at 8), the Kaline to be an 8 and the Bench to have a good chance to be a 9.

    Oh well, live and learn...

    Thanks for playing!
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    the spot on the back of the aaron may be why it was graded lower..

    im guessing the 2 1970's were graded at different times by different graders..
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    You may be right on both counts, pandrews -- the spot on the back of the Aaron is very noticeable and the Bench and Kaline were graded in different submissions (likely by different graders). Too bad whoever graded the Kaline didn't grade my Bench earlier!
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    pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You may be right on both counts, pandrews -- the spot on the back of the Aaron is very noticeable and the Bench and Kaline were graded in different submissions (likely by different graders). Too bad whoever graded the Kaline didn't grade my Bench earlier! >>



    yeah, resubmit them and you could end up with 8 & 9, or 9 & 10, or 8 & 8.. heh..
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    zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭

    I would resubmit the Bench. It looks pretty sweet.
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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    That Bench looks a VERY high end 8.

    My poor guesses show why I am constantly "disappointed" in the grades I receive!

    Thanks for the fun post.
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    packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    when I looked at the corners from the back on the aaron it looks very weak imo
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    smallstockssmallstocks Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow!

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    lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭


    << <i>when I looked at the corners from the back on the aaron it looks very weak imo >>



    I agree.....
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    phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>when I looked at the corners from the back on the aaron it looks very weak imo >>



    I agree..... >>

    My thought as well. Interesting that the corners look better on the fronts of the notorious black-bordered cards than they do on the back.
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